Memory loss

A couple of weeks ago I participated in an experiment over at ScienceBlogs. Basically, they wanted to see how bloggers compared to high school students in an SAT essay. I didn't write a very good essay and I have lots of excuses, but that's another story.

What I can't believe right now is that I have absolutely no recollection of what I wrote. I'm pretty sure my essay counted and got graded, but I can't find it. I'm not sure whether it's getting "older" (I'm 25, for goodness' sake) or the chronic, extreme exhaustion that comes along with being a mother. Or maybe it's the fact that my whole focus has shifted to the minutae of my baby's growth and development. On the whole it happens slowly, with occasional leaps. It's fascinating while you're in it, and (potentially) boring when you're removed from that world. It's like watching a time lapse video of a flower growing; you can only appreciate it at the right speed.